Collection Development

Collection development and management is undertaken by the Information Resources (IR) staff.

This section provides information for academics and postgraduates wanting to request items for the collection.

• Information Resources Liaison Programme
• Department Library Liaison information
• Recommending material
• Contacts
• Collection Development Policy
• Funding

Information Resources Liaison programme

The Information Resources Liaison programme provides each academic department with a contact person. The Library contact will work with department staff to ensure they receive information about new publications in their subject areas, new material arriving in the library, and status updates for open orders. More information about the liaison programme.

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Department Library Liaison Information

All departments have a designated staff member who coordinates the recommendations of titles for that department and forwards them to the Library. Information for Department Library Liaisons.

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Recommending material

University staff can make recommendations for purchases in a number of ways;

• Online Book Recommendation Form
• Publishers’ blurbs
• By telephone
• Email

Recommendations can be posted to Information Resources for Central Library users or to the appropriate branch library via the internal mail. Addresses are as follows:

• Collection Development Librarian, Information Resources, Central Library  
• Science Faculty Librarian, Science Library  
• Health Sciences Faculty Librarian, Medical & Dental Libraries
• Law Faculty Librarian, Law Library
• The Robertson Librarian (Education), The Robertson Library

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Contacts

Contact details of Library staff with expertise and resource responsibility for your area:

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Collection Development Policy

The Library has a written Collection Development Policy which provides a guide to the selection, management, and development of the Library's collections. View the Collection Development Policy.

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Funding

A summary of how the Library funds are arranged.